Legal Opinion
Claim of Cucci v. Rexer's Tang Soo Do Karate Academy
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 2, 2006PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Crew III, J.P.
Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed June 10, 2005, which ruled that claimant was entitled to an award for serious facial disfigurement.
Claimant was injured in December 2001 when the piece of plate glass he was carrying in the course of his employment shattered causing a severe laceration to his neck.1 Although this laceration resulted in what the Workers’ Compensation Law Judge characterized as “a terrible scar,” he concluded that because such scar was entirely below claimant’s jaw, claimant was not entitled to an award for facial disfigurement under…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Matter of Sweeting v. . American Knife Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1919
- New York Central R. Co. v. BiancSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
- Dinelle v. Workshop, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
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